SEATTLE JUNIOR DESIGNER
DANIEL VAUGHAN
Hi, I’m Daniel and I am a Junior Designer at Spade and Archer’s Seattle location. I have some history with home staging while working at another local company as an installation associate. I applied to Spade and Archer because I saw an opportunity to advance my design career in a more desirable position, plus I really liked the Spade and Archer aesthetic. When they called back after the second interview I was excited to join the team.
My design career started a little later in life. The initial move into the design field was a significant change from my former career of professional cooking, as well as the many other hats I’ve tried on. I went back to school at the age of 29 for Industrial Design when I decided that I needed a more rewarding career, one with purpose and security, and that still let me be creative. I didn’t know what a design “career” would look like, I just knew I wanted to design. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree I still wanted to expand my design skills and branch out further. I saw becoming a home stager as a way to expand my design repertoire.
Now as a Junior Designer at Spade and Archer, not only do I get the opportunity to make homes beautiful, I also gain exposure to a variety of other design — such as architecture, furniture, art, home goods, and textiles. The fun part comes in combining these to create unique stories within each home and inspiring buyers to imagine their own stories in that home. The challenge is making sure we select the appropriate furniture and decor to compliment a home’s beauty and features.
In my off time I am husband and a father. Part of the reason I wanted to be in the creative field was so that I can inspire creativity in my own two young children. We do a lot of art and cooking at home, as well as a lot of reading. On the weekends we like to go hiking, and camping when the weather permits, and collect beach glass along the shore. I sometimes design and make jewelry or furniture or home and have been working on a blacksmithing forge so that I can make knives. Also, I am a pretty big video game and super hero geek. My favorite super hero though is 007. I am up to debate to this.